beetle
VERBNOUNADJECTIVE
/bitəl/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH B
beetle is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3E1E1T1L1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does beetle mean?
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Be suspended over or hang over.
“This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Beat with a beetle.
BROADER
3
Fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle.
“He beetled up the staircase”
“They beetled off home”
BROADER
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings.
BROADER
NARROWER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Jutting or overhanging.
“beetle brows”
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR